WILD


Meaning of WILD in English

adj.

1 animals/plants

VERBS

▪ be , grow , live

The flowers grow ~ in the mountains.

The dogs live ~ on the streets.

ADVERB

▪ truly

This is truly ~ and unspoilt countryside.

2 out of control

VERBS

▪ be , look

He looked ~ and dangerous.

▪ go , run

When the band appeared, the crowd went ~.

They let their children run ~.

▪ drive sb , make sb

It makes me ~ (= very angry) to see such waste.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

Her hair was rather ~.

▪ absolutely

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

PREPOSITION

▪ with

The crowd was ~ with excitement.

PHRASES

▪ let your imagination run ~

I just let my imagination run ~ and come up with as many ideas as I can.

Wild is used with these nouns: ↑ accusation , ↑ allegation , ↑ animal , ↑ applause , ↑ barley , ↑ beast , ↑ berry , ↑ bird , ↑ bunch , ↑ card , ↑ cat , ↑ cattle , ↑ coast , ↑ coastline , ↑ country , ↑ countryside , ↑ creature , ↑ dancing , ↑ dash , ↑ dog , ↑ duck , ↑ elephant , ↑ exaggeration , ↑ excitement , ↑ expectation , ↑ eye , ↑ fantasy , ↑ fish , ↑ flower , ↑ fluctuation , ↑ frenzy , ↑ frontier , ↑ fruit , ↑ garlic , ↑ goat , ↑ goose , ↑ grass , ↑ guess , ↑ herb , ↑ herd , ↑ honey , ↑ hope , ↑ horse , ↑ idea , ↑ imagination , ↑ joy , ↑ land , ↑ landscape , ↑ laughter , ↑ longing , ↑ look , ↑ lunge , ↑ mammal , ↑ moor , ↑ mushroom , ↑ orgy , ↑ pig , ↑ pitch , ↑ plant , ↑ pony , ↑ rice , ↑ ride , ↑ river , ↑ rose , ↑ rumour , ↑ salmon , ↑ sex , ↑ sheep , ↑ species , ↑ speculation , ↑ stab , ↑ story , ↑ strawberry , ↑ swing , ↑ talk , ↑ trout , ↑ turkey , ↑ weather , ↑ wolf

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .